D.C. Current

Obamacare: The Right Rx for Republicans

Controversy over the health-care program will figure in the 2014 elections.

According to the most recent opinion polls, voters can't stand the sight of their congressmen. The voter boil, as President Barack Obama reminded us on Thursday, was ignited by back-to-back pratfalls by both parties: The GOP-inspired government shutdown that quickly was followed by the Democratic Party's inept rollout of the Obamacare Website, a critical cog in the president's controversial health-insurance scheme.

Gallup last week found the overall approval rate for Congress was 9% -- the lowest ever recorded. The...